Quick fix - toro 4000d smacker

Here's a "day in the life" episode...

I was buzzing around in the smaller wing mower,

and smacked a hidden trap.

After all these hours 

you'd think I'd know every nook and cranny,..

But dirt moves and wadayado.

This gave me a good slam bang,

totally unexpected.

I wondered why it wasn't cutting grass anymore!!

But what a great excuse 

to pound out a quick metal patch,

while also brushing up my hack repair skills. 

This wood wedge 

is probably how Stonehenge was built.

Typical cardboard template 

and an old scrap bracket for donor steel.

It's been hot,

and getting showered with sparks wasn't happening,

so far welds were doubled up outside,

and only a few small beads inside.

I think it will hold.

The bracket had a handy outcrop piece, reutilized as a stiffener to the banged up inner vane.

Here's a re-enactment of the boom boom.

Even at 5-8 mph it was a jolt!

Smacking something hidden 

doesnt give much to talk chit about.

However when one of the other guys 

fills a diesel machine with gas,

that's another story...

Good times...

TP